Chronicle:

From IMDb i can tell that the film is aimed towards a teenage audience such as 13-18 year olds. and the secondary audience from 19-25.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy:

Through research the films main target audience is much older than Chronicle, their main audience will be from possibly 35-50 year olds with a secondary audience of 25-34.

Account of Shoot Day

On the shoot day we had organised where and what we would shoot, we had the actors ready for the day, we also had the props ready to use when we needed them, but on the day we changed a few ideas because on the day we weren’t able to use one actor since he was injured and other shots we wanted to use we were able to use, which meant we had to compromise but I think we were able to react to this and we found similar if not better shots for our thriller sequence. The change in our plan did have an effect on our final finished piece but it didn’t have a major effect because we still had the same formulaic pattern and plot. The effect we wanted was to thrill the audience, I think by using the camera which wasn’t being held up by the tripod but being held by hand created a grittier look which I think makes the shots much more intense, fast paced and exciting which is one of our main priorities for our final sequence.

We used many different locations around the Hurtwood School campus, the reason for this was because we had the main actor travel around a building shooting at will, meaning he had to enter the building and find his main objective. We used a dark corridor which seems through the audience’s eyes a big boiler room below ground, this location really emphasises the thriller genre because there is little room and no room for escape, which will attract the audience because it makes it more exciting and thrilling. The first location was outside where one shot looked at the house, the house is an old manor meaning whoever owns it is rich and powerful. This helps develop the main bad guy who owns the house and it also shows his greed, if the first shot was of a small house it wouldn’t have the same effect on the audience. Some of the locations we included on the day for instance the main character climbs on the roof, we didn’t plan to use that shot but on the day we thought it was a good idea, by doing this it has added more camera time on the main character and it also develops the thriller sequence further by having this additional location. I would have planned the day better if I had the choice because we had a vague idea of what and where we were shooting but I would have wanted a more definite idea of what we were going to do on the shoot day.

We used a number of different props to help create our sequence; we used a number of different guns such as the sniper rifle at the start and a small pistol which our characters used throughout. We had the body guards dressed in black suits to show that they are mysterious and professional. We had the main character in a grey coat and grey suit this also shows he is professional but because he is in a lighter colour it shows he is the good guy and not the bad, this was important because without this the audience might think that the main character is a bad guy which is contradicting our plot line.

We chose the actors we did because we wanted to make a thriller, by using adult males it targets or target audience and it is much more believable than if they were a group of young men, the characters are experience killers, using young males wouldn’t work and the audience wouldn’t see the experienced killer aspect of the characters. By using young males it would target the wrong audience too, that’s why we used adult males to portray the characters correctly.

We used natural lighting in the first few shots because they were outside, we also used a bare bulb lighting in the boiler room which creates a dark and gritty scene, with little lighting it helps increase the thriller aspect, in typical thriller films there is usually a scene where there is little lighting this is because the audience wont see much therefore creating tension and further thrilling the audience. In all our shots the lighting was used effectively but the outside shots we couldn’t control because of the natural light we wanted to film the outside shots but due to time issues we had to film in daylight which ruins the effect on the breaking and entering feel of the story. Even with the natural light I think we still made a successful sequence with the lighting used.

Sound is key in creating an impact on the audience, it intensifies an action, we had numerous sounds used, for instance when the main character walks through the window the window creaks which adds to the thrill because we do not want him to get caught, another use of sound was when the gun falls out of the characters hand onto the floor, the sound intensifies the falling of the gun and there for emphasises it to show that he has lost his gun making the main character more vulnerable adding to the thrill of the sequence.

I felt that I had a large part in the shoot day, many of my ideas I brought forward and voiced my opinion by saying what would be a good shot or not, we also worked as group so we talked to each other and made a final decision once everyone was happy. We worked as a team but when I thought there was a mistake I pointed it out and we worked together to fix the problem, I felt we worked well individually and we were successful in listening to each other about their ideas to enhance the shots. When filming we gave each other different roles such as director, camera man and sound, by allocating places we could experience each part of filming on the shoot day, we constantly changed places too. I felt that in each position I worked well in, but as a team we understood that we needed to work together to make the best shots possible. Before we shot we decided together whether it was a good or bad shot, and if it was bad how we can make it better, through lighting, the actor’s position and the camera angle and movement, we checked all of these points so that we get the best shot for our sequence.

At the beginning of the shoot day we were unorganised and we weren’t sure what to do, but we sat down we sorted the problems out such as the shot list, props, where we are going to shoot our film and after this the day was much more organised and easier to keep under control which made the day a lot less hectic, stressful and enjoyable, so as the day went on I was more happy with our shoot day. Our shots I think worked well in encapsulating the right effect in showing the audience what is happening while keeping the sequence tense and exciting for the audience.

Title sequence of Dexter

In the opening title of Dexter the TV series about a man who is a killer and murderer, on the outside he the innocent day to day American man but on the inside he is thinking about his next victim. The opening sequence we see Dexter waking up and making himself breakfast, but they use clever camera shots to change something which is everyday and innocent into something that is evil and malicious. For instance when he cuts the orange it is done in slow motion to resemble flesh instead of an orange, another example is he is making a coffee and he crushes the beans, by having the blades cut the beans it resembles another murderous event which Dexter will have in his mind. Through the starting sequence we can also see its target audience, with blood being spilt in the sink and having the main character male we can start to find their target audience is adult males due to the gruesome way in which Dexter cut the meat and makes his breakfast.

In the order of credits the actors are credited first because they are the main attraction to the TV episode and they also play the characters in the episode. Then the developers are credited, and then the author of the book that the episode is based on and the books title, it then credits the title theme designers, and then the producers and co executive-producers. The reason these specific people are mentioned is because they play an influential part in the creation of Dexter and they also have the most important jobs.

The music too is very foreign and inncocent but with the actions on screen and the camera shots it changes this music into a sinister violent music, this transition in music makes the audience discover the character and start to draw conclusions into the character's personality.

How our Storyboard Changed on the Day

On the day of our shoot we were not best prepared for shooting one reason was because one of the actors was unable for shooting because he was injured and therefore unable to be the character we wanted him to be, we were also unprepared for how many shots we actually needed, we had an idea of around 24 shots minimum for the thriller but what we didnt realise was that we needed double the amount of shots so that we had enough options so that the editing can be effective and we will then aslso have back up shots incase we didnt like the final edit of one shot. this knocked us back for time on the shoot day but we adapted well and found many oppotunities to make more shots and therefore giving us a variety of shots to edit with. With each shot we decided that we would use the same shot but at a differant angles to give a variety and diversify the shots so we can make the best thriller possible.

Vertigo film companies and Warner Bros.

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Schedule of shoot day

9:00-9:30
Run through of locations with the actors and discussed what we needed them to do.

9:31-10:00
Disscussed with the group what we needed to change before we started shooting.

10:01-12:00
Went to each location and picked each shot and where they would be.

1:30-2:30
Start filming outside shots

2:31-4:00
Start filming inside shots

4:30-5:30
Film the shots in the drawing room

Change of Actor

On the day of the shoot we found out that one of our actors had broke his arm, he was to play the big greedy bad guy but we knew that having him play the character it would be half as effective because it shows that he has a weakness and we didnt want to portray the character like this, so we decided as a group that we would look for another actor who could fill in his place, near the end of the day we found our actor who filled in for the actor better than we could of imagined.

Why is our film a Thriller

In a typical thriller there are twists in the plot, violence, action, blood, murder, romance, fast action scenes, a hero, a villain and a damsel in distress. In our thriller there are a number of this traits in our video such as violence, twists, murder and blood. Our video is also very fast which makes the fight scenes much more effective and powerful creating a bigger effect and making a bigger impact on the audience watching the sequence.
With a number of guns and fight scenes our thriller contains on the egde of the seat action and this is what makes our video a thriller.Our target audience is towards the young adult ages of 16 to 25 year olds, and the reason is because thrillers such as ours are most watched by that age group and our film contains material which will make our target audience want to watch the film because it includes many characteristics of a successful thriller.